Patrons Will Enjoy Cuisine, Music from the Hawaiian Islands

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Hilton Beijing offers a fresh and exciting perspective with a whole new level of Hilton hospitality and service, along with a new promise - for work and play, for excitement and relaxation. Credit: Hilton Hotels & Resorts.

July 23, 2014

BEIJING - The Hilton Worldwide portfolio of hotels & resorts in Hawaii and Hilton Beijing, together with Hawaiian Airlines have unveiled plans today for a "Fly Me To Hawaii" promotion to take place in Beijing August 23 to 29, 2014. The week will consist of a number of consumer and trade events to promote the Hawaiian Islands, Hilton Worldwide and Hawaiian Airlines' new direct service from Beijing to Honolulu.

The tastes, sights and sounds of Hawaii will be celebrated throughout the week at Hilton Beijing's Elements and One East restaurants. Patrons attending the events will be able to sample the renowned Hawaiian Regional Cuisine created by Jeffrey Vigilla, executive chef, Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort. Chef Vigilla's menus will include such island-inspired dishes as Hawaiian pipi kaula (smoked beef); lomi lomi salmon (salted raw salmon); poke (seasoned seafood); huli huli chicken (grilled rotisserie chicken); pulehu shortribs (barbecue ribs). Diners will have a chance to win trips to Hawaii including roundtrip air on Hawaiian Airlines and accommodations at Hilton Worldwide properties in Hawaii. Lucky drawings for Hawaii themed gifts will also take place throughout the week.

"The Hawaii cuisine will be a great addition to our restaurant offerings," said Stefan Schmid, general manager, Hilton Beijing. "We know our guests as well as locals will enjoy the flavors of Hawaii and the different types of foods that the chef will prepare."

Participating in the promotion with Hilton Beijing are Hawaii general managers and sales executives from Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort; Hilton Waikoloa Village; DoubleTree By Hilton Alana Waikiki; Grand Wailea, A Waldorf Astoria Resort; Hilton WaikikiBeach; Hokulani Waikiki by Hilton Grand Vacations and Embassy Suites Waikiki Beach Walk. Jerry Gibson, area vice president, Hilton Hawaii and Jon Conching, regional vice president of sales and marketing, Hilton Hawaii will also be on hand for the events.

"We are thrilled to be a partner with Hawaiian Airlines and Hilton Beijing in this huge initiative for Hawaii, "said Jerry Gibson, area vice president, Hilton Hawaii. "The entire world is trying to woo Chinese travelers and we want to make sure Hawaii is top of mind for them."

Like their sister hotels, Hilton Worldwide's Hawaii properties feature the Huanying program, which includes many services and amenities to help make Chinese visitors feel welcome. Special buffet items, tea kettles in the rooms and other services are included in the program.

As part of the "Fly Me to Hawaii" promotion, shoppers visiting Solana Mall on Saturday 23 August will be able to participate in a number of fun and interactive games and displays. Patrons will be able to take photos of themselves in cutouts featuring surfing, red lava and hula dancers. When they post their photos to their social media channels and tag the post, they will receive a gift at the Hawaiian gift shop set up at the mall. They also will have a chance to win trips to Hawaii with roundtrip air provided by Hawaiian Airlines and accommodations at Hilton Worldwide's Hawaii hotels. Entertainment will be provided by the talented dancers and musicians from the Polynesian Cultural Center. Hawaii flyers with helpful destination and hotel information will be handed out that day.

About Hilton BeijingHilton Beijing offers a fresh and exciting perspective with a whole new level of Hilton hospitality and service, along with a new promise - for work and play, for excitement and relaxation. The newly built nine-story Executive Tower offers even higher realm of pampering and prestige with exclusivity, personalized service and upgraded amenities. The stylish, bright and spacious Executive Lounge is where you can enjoy a private moment with exquisite drinks and snacks throughout the day. For more information about the hotel, please visit beijing.hilton.com or call +1 86 10 5865 5000.

About Hawaiian AirlinesHawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 10 years (2004-2013) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and Zagat have all ranked Hawaiian the highest of all domestic airlines serving Hawai‘i.

Now in its 85th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai‘i's biggest and longest-serving airline, as well as the largest provider of passenger air service from its primary visitor markets on the U.S. mainland. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawai‘i from more U.S. gateway cities (11) than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides approximately 160 jet flights daily between the Hawaiian Islands, with a total of more than 200 daily flights system-wide.

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